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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 30 Aug 2005 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under language learning language learning Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Some disciplines are more reliable than others, such as those describing experimentally tested ideas Some disciplines are more reliable thanothers, such as those describingexperimentally tested ideas Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teamsracing on the same question producesless reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago 30 Aug 2005 JI John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whenever two teaching methods are rigorously compared, strong direct instruction plus practice wins. — tap to centre the map on it Whenever two teaching methods arerigorously compared, strong directinstruction plus practice wins. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asserting the facts of good science, with the narrative that explains them, works where rebuttal may not — tap to centre the map on it Asserting the facts of good science,with the narrative that explainsthem, works where rebuttal may not Last stated 10 years ago 10 Jun 2016 AG Atul Gawande — holds since 2016-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making connections across different disciplines makes a person more creative. — tap to centre the map on it Making connections across differentdisciplines makes a person morecreative. Last stated 6 years ago 15 Aug 2020 MT Ming Thein — holds since 2020-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: People persist with the method they enjoy rather than the one that is supposed to be best, and that is what decides the outcome. — tap to centre the map on it People persist with the method theyenjoy rather than the one that issupposed to be best, and that iswhat decides the outcome. Last stated 6 years ago 9 Sept 2020 LL Luca Lampariello — holds since 2020-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most concepts can be understood by most people if explained clearly, even without years of expertise in a field. — tap to centre the map on it Most concepts can be understood bymost people if explained clearly,even without years of expertise in afield. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science is a strong-link problem: what it amounts to depends on how good the best work is, not on how bad the worst is. — tap to centre the map on it Science is a strong-link problem:what it amounts to depends on howgood the best work is, not on howbad the worst is. Last stated 3 years ago 11 Apr 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-04-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Teaching students only how to get certain results, not how to experiment with integrity, is very dangerous — tap to centre the map on it Teaching students only how to getcertain results, not how toexperiment with integrity, is verydangerous RF Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are Same subject: A better school looks more like the old-fashioned schoolhouse than like project work; the more school resembles free play, the worse it gets. — tap to centre the map on it A better school looks more like theold-fashioned schoolhouse than likeproject work; the more schoolresembles free play, the worse itgets. Last stated 4 months ago 27 May 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dense-looking building does not by itself create a livable dense suburb without supporting schools and shops. — tap to centre the map on it A dense-looking building does not byitself create a livable dense suburbwithout supporting schools andshops. Last stated 8 years ago 2 Jun 2018 FS Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confusedinstruction: what deserves trust isthe process, not any particularthing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a smallbut real one as the studies improveis a sign that a field is working,not failing. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 SR Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A paper reporting an AI-generated molecule must publish the model's entire training set in detail, or the result cannot be judged. — tap to centre the map on it A paper reporting an AI-generatedmolecule must publish the model'sentire training set in detail, orthe result cannot be judged. Last stated 7 years ago 4 Feb 2020 DL Derek Lowe — holds since 2020-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Activism and ideological conformity weaken scholarly norms in academia. — tap to centre the map on it Activism and ideological conformityweaken scholarly norms in academia. Last stated a week ago 24 Sept 2026 RK Razib Khan — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Some disciplines are more reliable than others, such as those describing experimentally tested ideas Last stated 17 Oct 2007 · 19 years ago Holds Peter Bevelin Read this korrent →